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These are simply the most delicious Chocolate Coconut Crust Biscuits out there and bring back so many childhood memories from when Mom used to bake them.

Chocolate Coconut Crust Biscuits
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 32 minutes
- Yield: 20 servings 1x
- Category: Cake, Cupcakes, Cookies and Tarts
- Method: Easy
Description
These are the most delicious Chocolate Coconut Crust Biscuits you will find and they will bring back childhood memories from when your Mom used to bake them.
Ingredients
- 250 g butter OR Stork Bake
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 cups cake flour
- 3 cups fine coconut
- 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 2 teaspoons fine ginger
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons smooth apricot jam
Instructions
- Firstly cream the sugar, butter, fine ginger, and jam
- Then add the egg and continue beating
- Now slowly add flour and coconut
- Place a plastic sheet on the dough as it is much easier this way to roll the dough
- Roll out the dough
- Use a fork to scrape patterns on the dough
- Once done cut with a cookie cutter
- Bake at 180°C for 12 minutes in the Thermofan oven OR 15 min in a convection oven
- Once cold, dip in melted chocolate, then add another biscuit on top and let it sit to try!
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Feriel from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs and SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cookies
- Calories: 433
- Sugar: 15.9 g
- Sodium: 3550.8 mg
- Fat: 32.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 32.4 g
- Fiber: 0.4 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 9.3 mg

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Hi, I came across your blog. Great recipes.
I am a foodblogger from Canada, (born and raised in Germany), and I invite you to visit/follow my blog at:
https://zest4foodblog.wordpress.com
Cheers, Angelika
Hi Angelika – Glad to virtually meet you. As you’re from Canada, I am originally from South African and in Vancouver Canada for the past 20+ years. I will for check your blog. Thanks for connecting
Love the addition of the ginger and jam to the biscuit mix 🙂
Thank you Carol, yes this is an oldie, but a goodie with minor changes. A classic South African sandwich cookie. Enjoy!